Former Top Pentagon Lawyer Says Hegseth’s Finger-Pointing After Boat Survivor Killings Won’t Work: ‘I Don’t See It Playing Out Well’

Michael Luciano Dec 1st, 2025, 8:52 pm

The former top lawyer for the Pentagon said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is ultimately responsible for a strike that killed survivors after the U.S. bombed an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

reported on Friday that ahead of the Sept. 2 bombing off the coast of Trinidad, Hegseth ordered everyone on the vessel killed. After the first strike, which was conducted by the Navy, two survivors remained, clinging to the wreckage. Admiral Frank Bradley reportedly deemed that the survivors were legitimate targets and ordered that Hegseth’s directive be carried out. The Navy hit the boat again, killing the surviv

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